Late major change, what are my chances for engineering? (transfer to UC)

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I’m in community college right now, i was working on my pre-reqs and general eds for chemistry. By spring 2018, i’ll have up to ochem 2 done, calc 3 done, physics 101 done, and all my gen eds done. My gpa is a 3.4 right now and i’m applying in fall to UCs. So for B.S. in chemistry im doing fine.

Anyway the problem is, i ended up realizing im much more interested in chemical engineering. Chemical engineers additionally need physics for 102, 103, differential equations, linear algebra, and 1-2 engineering classes for the “required” classes. The problem is i dont have time for that this year.

So what would my chances be if im missing 2 physics classes, 2 math classes, and 1-2 engineering classes. Plus my gpa isn’t that great for engineering. Engineering is a competitive major so i feel like my chances are really bad. Do people actually get accepted when they have this many missing pre-reqs?

Oh and for a lot of the schools ochem 1 and 2 arent required but they’re recommended, i’ve taken them. But physics 102 and 103 and differential equations are required but i wont be able to take them. So it’s not THAT bad i guess, but the physics classes are REQUIRED, these were just recommended.

The UCs i’ve looked at say this “Applicants without all of the REQUIRED courses will be reviewed for admission,
but will have less competitive applications.”

I’m just wondering, how much less competitive? Is there even a serious chance or am i just getting my hopes up?

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https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter/transfers-major can help you with respect to where you stand GPA-wise for admission to each UC campus and major. Assume that you will need to be an otherwise-above-admitted-average applicant if you are missing prerequisites.

Note that if you transfer with missing prerequisites, your graduation may be delayed due to having to catch up on lower division courses after transfer. This could require extra semesters. Depending on your cost constraints, it may be less expensive to take an extra year at community college to maximize coverage of prerequisites rather than transfer sooner but spend extra semesters at the more expensive four year school.